The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-27
GHOSTS OF WALL STREET.
FINANCIALLY DIsEMBODIED SPIRITS
THAT FREQUENT Old HAUNTS.

Q. NJ. Mills, John A. Tobin. Henry N. snith,
Jim Keene, and Other wiera Visitors
Lastly, his Genial Ghostship Rufus Hatch.
Wall street, being the place Of dend hopes,
there are naturally some ghosts floating around
there. The Wall street ghost, however,
differs from tho usual variety OF super
natural phenomenon Of fevered intellecta-
They look we'll fed; some OF them have
compilations suggestive Of purple-hued
and comfortable Burgundy. Perhaps they
don't dress quito as nattily as before their
financial dissolution, the diamonds and daz-
cling carriages and fine mansions Of tho old
days are lacking, and there are other serious
evidences In their daily routine that mark them
as relies OF financial activity and hardihood.
but they are Enthusiastically there, and to be
seen any day in q stroll through the streets
near the Stock Exchange or upon the marble
tiles In Delmonico's.
nelghborhood OF millions, and for every shadow
OF q financial Cesar there are hundreds end
financial disembodiment are known only to the
brokers. or IRE, food for the twaddiing gossips
n n the s.a suSk sss s , the Il Is satisas s IS n pse. iea.
niaSant relics Of financial expectstlons arc e,
sIeSs e'd finaiiy y their "aTH t%inastiai sins, and 90 e
same t Ths saplh hNstSm; o " this i m Is 'tSas thS Sf Iittfe
ghosts are hopeless of rehabilitation In golden
bsoyed Tn np w ihs tR Sts hope Snest That s' tho oG shadow y
their former financial greatness Will materialize,
and the, dsSsi be restored rssrs ed 70 ss a. lea 's1. e c9%n nf ssTsss
Henry n. Smith, Rufus, Hatch. John Pondir:
S%s s es9im ate t at $500 .SSo. There vas many
overcame them, and at occasional Intervals
there have been indications Of spasmodic re-
S aissersd and for ws sS%H SIm assIl bs ass ts ssss H HsT:
Of Wall street graveyard w%atchmen,
tons has sss asked how a Val street ghost hves:
A it answer would be hat he doesn't; no
One or two in, their paimy ,days;s he said.
the fs9M interest," aWs Of that I ls'i money ne i nets a com comiort Il
I issds sSs ssTSj IL iSs s WSss AZ as & sss Il . tSssa a
flyer becomes insupportable, and the mania
does come OYER them with Irresistible force s,Ecc
them. giving them the profit; II any !accrues.
to the course of the stock no asks tho broker to
around and sometimes, corral early informa-
t ti1ss p sastscinlIyy r. 81 tb eGo tai bpr pools, Eng sem are
iilm a se ss 9 mood % .t they G rake sf sf6a or aa's saSe s sus
of the battle. Some. of these brokers made for
tunes nna =, from rom t these s sEnas r. {nd the d Sa ny T b 5oS Ss sSh
the broker decides TO be Generous he tells the
am sorry to say. brokers have refused the mod
ef' r thonsasd Is oi into pa' the T brok ers n poekets.
Some Of the brokers look upon the requests Of
who s had gone M broke icio and wanted to borrow a
stack Of blues to buck against the bank and
PSsssiSlly vim 4 ,r. l haze AYE k moSost Of %Ia 5Takers y tlfst ny
Some Of these ghosts may not have a cents
iSngs and p9SssibtIe daiyidsnd;s FL! and I . ID di sect the
in.the days when they were, "a top and ad;
mired. Wall street is thoroughly selfish, and
Is Rs q tapm lp s q fo @s'h IS f nsslsc hsir ana Sc, %nn II.
on; and are often spoken Of as bores" ,..
f! Essn bEo ~ a y NJ EaS Ssy s1 ae S.i.s NJ: +, &a % ! ;;Ssss
ss,SS9;ooS; George stHy;nsT. Henry M 3: I dyss,s
R GsnsneFf, FEN %as ss sass s sso 81! p'safnfifi s e iea Me; R'! tEs
s favssIse fer Sro sfaai' sna w miili%SR r. R e Mr.. s SquJS,i
Union against Mr.. Gould. and the odd thous-
sassamb T until yd iye = years rs -. ooS When nSS k KseP re-
ChLu6 " NoW 1OIh ho u sNUb,OD tlluI IO
could Command at half an hours notice. He
plunged IN Ard rolled the s4:ooO,0OO " TO
Gould. speculated heavily in wheat, lard, and
opium. and laterin puts. calls. and all sorts Of
privileges, and became so extended that he went
down %stranGled by his OWE complications.
John A. Tobin Is one OF the mos, interesting
ghosts Of the street; A. one time he was Pres.
He engineered the famous corner, In, Harlem
stock for Commodore Vanderbilt. which pushed
the stock up from 8 to $50. Mr.. Tobin is now a
i ns9 B4Dsdx Of the H Rgs Sss a s sSpil i In New oD s strsss
Island and sells the produce OF 1t TO the restau.
rants in the neighborhood Of the Stock Elk.
change. His great fortune was lost in stock
Henry II. Smith is still dapper and neatly
days, when. with Baron Woerishoffer at his
8 %il h m aas t aSsr ep WhiedS a isyelled a tbo to eId sea 1ss
Of William Heath 8 Co. in the dust, is still
wildly remembered.
John Pondir's great fortune made in Union
neither financial disaster. nor for that matter
the title Of The homsliest man in America"
Rufus Hatch and, Alden 3: Stockwell we're
Steamship Company. The stock OF that com.
pany did the business for Mr.. Stockwell, and he
Is now a broker on the C9nsolidated Stock and
P PsrsS sma0s Ef sSh sbSsts n MI ;ba a s,1dot was wSs nI tPs
unhappy outcome OF HIS Yellowstone Park en-
terprise was fully appreciated. Mr.; Hatch
reaped q fortune, In Northwestern stock, along
whom to-day, though with vanished fortune, he
enters tho streot he is heartily greeted, and Is
spoken Of as the most genial OF ghosts. There
Is nothing clammy about his touch. and his
do not rustic In any ghostly fashion.
sTAGE-STRUCK GIRLS.
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